World Series of Poker Main Event 2006 Final Table with Jamie Gold #WSOP

The final table of the 2006 WSOP Main Event sees Allen Cunningham, Richard Lee, Erik Friberg, Paul Wasicka, Doug Kim, Rhett Butler, Michael Binger, Dan Nassif, and chip leader Jamie Gold all eyeing the $12 million first-place prize. Who will be crowned the 2006 World Champion?

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[KrattarKrattar]

These intros were so amazing. No wonder people got hyped for the Main every year at these times. Golden era

[danwoods]

This was probably the last truly big moment of the 'Poker Boom' era. Combining the fact that Jamie Gold's table talk style of talking about his cards was outlawed immediately afterwards and then the UIGEA was passed a few months later in October 2006 severely cutting down the number of casual players coming to the game, Poker while still way bigger than it was pre-Boom was never the same. Nowadays pretty much everybody at the top levels is essentially robotic, theres just 'something' missing from the game that will likely never come back that was there back in the mid 2000s.

[RyanWow]

I still have never seen anybody run as pure as Jaime did in this tournament.

[PokerJunkie]

I don’t care what the difference between 2nd and 3rd money is… I’m calling that all in with 8-7 ♠️ I’m sure that still haunts Wasicka to this day

[amugsgame]

Cunningham actually played very well in this final table. Made a lot of very tough lay downs in difficult situations.

[frankyboy]

Please keep uploading all these WSOP. Loving it man

[toddmurphy]

I have never seen a run of being on the winning side of coolers like JG in this WSOP or any tournament.

[skatedurr]

After this WSOP, the 'jamie gold rule' was added stopping players from talking during hands that effect the pot & now in 2024 it's just awful WSOP final tables full of soulless robots 🤖

[Milkywayboy]

Johnny Chan had to have a piece of Jamie right? He was way too happy for him. Or he is the nicest guy ever

[daveclark]

I remember getting this on pay-per-view for about $25. I stayed up until 2am eastern watching it, fell asleep and woke up around 3:30am or 4:00am and it was still going. No hole cards displayed back then either.

[McknightsComedyLounge]

That buffet until 2025 is about to expire

[adamswan]

If i'm calling a river bet from Jamie and beating him, I'm not flipping my hand over until he shows

[ChadH]

The best run in poker history. He was on fire for so long. Gold was using dark magic.

[kevinscottbailey]

I had forgotten just how much Jamie gold got smacked in the face by the deck. He got so many hands where he pipped the other player with Queens over jacks and that kind of thing. Or he would call with rags and flop trips. And then he tried to screw his backer out of 50 percent. Knowing that he went broke after overestimating his own abilities and trying to play high stakes cash games is the only thing that makes watching this bearable. I was pulling so hard for Allen Cunningham and Paul Wasicka this year

[mcfly]

Indeed Seidel could not wait. You can tell...

[chaddad]

I got into Poker because of this main event, it got me to finally go to the casino. Jamie Gold was so entertaining!

[jaksdt]

11:00, haha, famous last words from a bunch of guys that didn't see any of this coming.

[billysikes]

How lucky can 1 person get? Cunningham plays a pos hand 9 7, Flops trip 9s and Gold has 9 10

[DaveDepilot-KFRG]

That was probably the luckiest one tourney run in the history of poker. He had aces twice I think, queens 2 or 3 times against jacks all-in, a bunch of straights where he was way behind and got lucky, even with 52 against Cunningham. Sick run. You can't say that he played well or played bad because he didn't have any real decisions to make the last few tables.

[dereks]

Every time I watch this I keep pulling for Cunningham even though I know the outcome. 😂